#MessageBoard A Sample message board application developed for the USCLUG event on Oct 03, 2013.

###Installing Node.js on EC2 This guide will walk you through install Node.js on an Amazon EC2 instance using the 'Amazon Linux Basic 32-bit/64-bit' image.

####Install Required Packages We need to install:

• git
• GCC C++ compiler
• The make tool

sudo yum install -y git
sudo yum install -y gcc-c++
sudo yum install -y make

####Install Node.js First, we download the sources for Node.js

wget http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz
tar -zxvf node-latest.tar.gz
rm -rf node-latest.tar.gz

Now, we configure, compile and install it

#Change diretory
cd node-v*

#Generate configuration
./configure --prefix=/usr

#Compile and install
make
sudo make install

###Install MongoDB

#Add MongoDB yum repo 
echo "[MongoDB]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/redhat/os/x86_64
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1" | sudo tee -a /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb.repo

#Install MongoDB
sudo yum install -y mongo-10gen-server

#Start MongoDB
sudo service mongod start

###Setting up Web Server In your home directory...

#Get code
git clone https://github.com/usclug/MessageBoard.git

#Install node packages specified in package.json
cd MessageBoard
npm install

#Run server
node app.js

###Angular.js HTML is located in static directory Angular code is located in static/js/controllers.js